You have made it to the end. Great job! Choose your favorite genre of book and read.
In your comments about the book, also reflect on the other selections you have read for this course.
How do you feel about them after reading others?
Which made the most impact on you as a reader?
Which do you think would make the most impact on students?
Jean White The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams/St. Martin’s Griffin/2009
Summary: Kyra, a fourteen year old girl, living in a polygamist compound is secretly reading (against the rules) which sparks her thoughts about the outside world. Tensions build and Kyra decides to bolt when she is betrothed to her sixty year old uncle. Written in the first person, this story is a page-turner as you root for Kyra.
Grade level: upper Middle, High
Uses: individual reading
Subject tie-in: English, Life Skills, Social Studies, Psychology
High Yield Stategy for Reading Skill Development:
inference
cause and effect
point of view
summarizing for comprehension
Comments: This book was personally disturbing for me due to the subject matter. Such compounds are active in the U.S. and were in the news recently with a raid of a Texas compound showing teen girls pregnant in ‘relationships’ with older men. Also, I am reading a National Geographic article [January 2010] that mirrors the story line of the book. The author, Carol Williams, conducts a yearly conference on Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers at Brigham Young University. I have read that this book is based on a true story of a girl who escaped from a polygamist compound.
I have enjoyed reading for this Young Adult Literature workshop as these books are in our library and will help me assist students in book selection. How do you feel about them after reading others? Not sure what this question is asking, but I seem to enjoy realistic fiction. Which made the most impact on you as a reader? There were several that made a lasting impression on me. Uh Huh! the story of Ray Charles (Social Studies) revealed how he compensated for his disability; Black Mirror (Realistic Fiction) about school teachers/clubs and drugs bothered me; and The Chosen One (Free Choice) is very current and disturbing for me. Which do you think would make the most impact on students? I think The Chosen One as it is so current and would be very thought provoking to them.
Judy Oakley
Syren by Angie Sage; HarperCollins, 2009
Summary: The fifth book of the Septimus Heap series, this book takes the main characters to a mysterious island. The other four books, Magyk, Flyte, Physik, and Queste, chronicle the life of Septimus, the seventh son of a seventh son and apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand. In this novel, Septimus lands on the island aboard his seriously injured dragon, Spit Fyre. In exchange for the health of his dragon, Septimus agrees to accompany a Magykal girl, Syrah Syara, to a secret castle where he discovers that Syrah is possessed by a Wraith. Barely escaping the Wraith who possesses Syrah, Septimus returns to Jenna and Beetle, his friends who have accompanied him to the island. Vowing to return for Syrah, Septimus continues with his adventure to protect the castle in order to save it from Fume. He does so with the help of his friends and a "jinnee" sent to him by Aunt Zelda and Marcia.
Grade level: aimed at an audience of nine years to twelve years, but anyone can enjoy these fantasies
Uses: individual reading
Subject tie-in:
Literature
High yield strategy for reading skill development:
inference
cause and effect
point of view
author's purpose
theme
summarizing for comprehension
Comments: As I had read the other four novels previously, this was a great opportunity for me to read the fifth. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Angie Sage is a phenomal fantasy author, and this novel is as good as the others.
How do you feel about them after reading others? I am not sure what is being asked here. I tend to enjoy historical fiction and imaginative fantasy.
Which made the most impact on you as a reader? I really enjoyed Reaching Out. It is probably not a book that I would have chosen without the encouragement of the Young Adult Literature workshop.
Which do you think would make the most impact on students? I feel that chosing literature for pleasure reading is such an individual choice that it is difficult for me to answer this question. Reaching Out is such an inspirational book that I think that it might appeal to a broader audience.
Jean Downey Night by Elie Wiesel; Bantam Books edition, 1982/Hill and Wang edition, 1960
Summary: Elie Wiesel gives a first hand account of his personal experiences of the horrors in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Burhenwald. The story begins with Wiesel and his family in his home town of Sighet, Transylvania as rumor turns to reality when the Jewish population is isolated into ghettos and then removed and transported to Auschwitz.
Grade Level: Middle School and High School
Uses: individual and group
Subject tie-in: English, Social Studies
High yeild strategy for reading skill development:
1. inference
2. cause and effect
3. point of view
4. author's purpose
5. theme
6. summarizing for comprehension
Comments: This book is stark and honest, and I am drawn the this kind of writing and subject matter.
How do you feel about them after reading the others? I enjoyed all the books I have read for each of the assignments. I feel that each book offered me different insights and forced me out of my usual reading choices.
Which made the most impact on you as a reader? Greasy Rider was the book I found most interesting. I feel that I learned a lot from it.
Which do you think would make the most impact on students? I think that Night would most impact students because of the subject matter. ReiewText EditorHelp · About · Blog · Terms · Privacy · **Support**
In your comments about the book, also reflect on the other selections you have read for this course.
- How do you feel about them after reading others?
- Which made the most impact on you as a reader?
- Which do you think would make the most impact on students?
Jean WhiteThe Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams/St. Martin’s Griffin/2009
Summary: Kyra, a fourteen year old girl, living in a polygamist compound is secretly reading (against the rules) which sparks her thoughts about the outside world. Tensions build and Kyra decides to bolt when she is betrothed to her sixty year old uncle. Written in the first person, this story is a page-turner as you root for Kyra.
Grade level: upper Middle, High
Uses: individual reading
Subject tie-in: English, Life Skills, Social Studies, Psychology
High Yield Stategy for Reading Skill Development:
- inference
- cause and effect
- point of view
- summarizing for comprehension
Comments: This book was personally disturbing for me due to the subject matter. Such compounds are active in the U.S. and were in the news recently with a raid of a Texas compound showing teen girls pregnant in ‘relationships’ with older men. Also, I am reading a National Geographic article [January 2010] that mirrors the story line of the book. The author, Carol Williams, conducts a yearly conference on Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers at Brigham Young University. I have read that this book is based on a true story of a girl who escaped from a polygamist compound.I have enjoyed reading for this Young Adult Literature workshop as these books are in our library and will help me assist students in book selection.
How do you feel about them after reading others? Not sure what this question is asking, but I seem to enjoy realistic fiction.
Which made the most impact on you as a reader? There were several that made a lasting impression on me. Uh Huh! the story of Ray Charles (Social Studies) revealed how he compensated for his disability; Black Mirror (Realistic Fiction) about school teachers/clubs and drugs bothered me; and The Chosen One (Free Choice) is very current and disturbing for me.
Which do you think would make the most impact on students? I think The Chosen One as it is so current and would be very thought provoking to them.
Judy Oakley
Syren by Angie Sage; HarperCollins, 2009
Summary: The fifth book of the Septimus Heap series, this book takes the main characters to a mysterious island. The other four books, Magyk, Flyte, Physik, and Queste, chronicle the life of Septimus, the seventh son of a seventh son and apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand. In this novel, Septimus lands on the island aboard his seriously injured dragon, Spit Fyre. In exchange for the health of his dragon, Septimus agrees to accompany a Magykal girl, Syrah Syara, to a secret castle where he discovers that Syrah is possessed by a Wraith. Barely escaping the Wraith who possesses Syrah, Septimus returns to Jenna and Beetle, his friends who have accompanied him to the island. Vowing to return for Syrah, Septimus continues with his adventure to protect the castle in order to save it from Fume. He does so with the help of his friends and a "jinnee" sent to him by Aunt Zelda and Marcia.
Grade level: aimed at an audience of nine years to twelve years, but anyone can enjoy these fantasies
Uses: individual reading
Subject tie-in:
- Literature
High yield strategy for reading skill development:
Comments: As I had read the other four novels previously, this was a great opportunity for me to read the fifth. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Angie Sage is a phenomal fantasy author, and this novel is as good as the others.How do you feel about them after reading others? I am not sure what is being asked here. I tend to enjoy historical fiction and imaginative fantasy.
Which made the most impact on you as a reader? I really enjoyed Reaching Out. It is probably not a book that I would have chosen without the encouragement of the Young Adult Literature workshop.
Which do you think would make the most impact on students? I feel that chosing literature for pleasure reading is such an individual choice that it is difficult for me to answer this question. Reaching Out is such an inspirational book that I think that it might appeal to a broader audience.
Jean Downey
Night by Elie Wiesel; Bantam Books edition, 1982/Hill and Wang edition, 1960
Summary: Elie Wiesel gives a first hand account of his personal experiences of the horrors in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Burhenwald. The story begins with Wiesel and his family in his home town of Sighet, Transylvania as rumor turns to reality when the Jewish population is isolated into ghettos and then removed and transported to Auschwitz.
Grade Level: Middle School and High School
Uses: individual and group
Subject tie-in: English, Social Studies
High yeild strategy for reading skill development:
1. inference
2. cause and effect
3. point of view
4. author's purpose
5. theme
6. summarizing for comprehension
Comments: This book is stark and honest, and I am drawn the this kind of writing and subject matter.
How do you feel about them after reading the others? I enjoyed all the books I have read for each of the assignments. I feel that each book offered me different insights and forced me out of my usual reading choices.
Which made the most impact on you as a reader? Greasy Rider was the book I found most interesting. I feel that I learned a lot from it.
Which do you think would make the most impact on students? I think that Night would most impact students because of the subject matter.
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